Americans Should Be Ashamed Of Torture And CIA Cover-Up

Letter to the editor

Peacemaking is at the heart of the Franciscan tradition. St. Francis is credited with asking God to make each of us "instruments of His peace," just as Jesus told us that "blessed are the peacemakers."

As a person of faith and as an American, the United States committing torture in my name and the subsequent CIA actions around torture are especially disturbing. It is against the very core of who I am as a Catholic and as a human being and is the antithesis as to who we are as a nation.

I support the Senate Intelligence Committee members who have investigated and spoken out against the CIA's cover-up and intentional misleading of the American public over our nation's use of torture. Most Americans are of the belief that the United States is an exceptional nation, with rights and protections given to every citizen.

Not only should the U.S. commit itself to never torturing again, the CIA should be held accountable for its actions in spying on Americans and Senate offices who were investigating these crimes, and for trying to orchestrate a cover-up.